Ccing foundation-announce. On 29 May 2018 at 22:01, Carlos Soriano <csori...@gnome.org> wrote:
> > > > *Name: Carlos SorianoEmail: csori...@gnome.org > <nuri...@gnome.org>Corporate affiliation: Red HatHello all,I would like to > announce my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of directors for the > second term.* > I've been contributing to GNOME since 2014 as GSoC student for two years > in GNOME Shell and then joined Red Hat as maintainer of Nautilus until now. > > In the last board term I tried to look after GNOME as a whole while being > close to every person in our community. I enjoyed reaching out to the > different people that creates GNOME and tried to create initiatives and > took the lead of those that I believe have a good impact on the project and > organization. > > As part of the board, I worked on getting small events have an easy > process to get sponsorship <https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/Events> in > order to encourage participation locally. > > More notoriously, I have been working as partnership contact with GitLab > <https://about.gitlab.com/>. Being part of the board gave me the ground > and position to be able to agree on a deal after 6 months of work and > discussions. That work included making part of their product free software, > removing the CLA, supporting GNOME on our transition, influence their > product decisions and finally, getting sponsorship. > > Lately, I also created the GNOME Internship program > <https://wiki.gnome.org/Internships> by setting up the instructions, > processes, requirements, contract, legal framework and contacting community > members needed to make it successful. This effort allowed us to unblock the > privacy campaign funds recollected in 2013 and allows the foundation to > channel funds towards critical topics from now on. > > If I get reelected, I will continue trying to steer the GNOME project in > the direction I believe it's most beneficial for the project and that > aligns with what the members of GNOME would like for the GNOME project to > be. > > I don't know how the path will look like, as we are expanding the > foundation the challenges ahead are great. However, these challenges are > just another motivation to be part of the board. > > Best, > Carlos Soriano >
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